Stamford, CT — It was not pretty with 10 errors combined between the Westhill-Stamford and Staples-Westport baseball teams Monday. But when the dust had settled it was Westhill coming out with a 5-4 win over the No. 4-ranked Wreckers. Despite throwing a lot of extra pitches to escape jams created by those errors, Westhill’s Boston College-bound ace Kyle Kipp was sharp, striking out 10 batters over five innings, allowing three his and two earned runs. “It was a nice team win and we all came together," Kipp said. "There were a lot of ups and downs throughout the game, but we kept battling back and that’s a really good team so it was nice we got the win. “My off-speed was doing really well and the heaters, as well, were working. I was painting the corners, hitting my spots. I attack the hitters and I don’t let anything bother me, I just go out there and pitch like I’m supposed to.” It was the fifth-straight win for Westhill (7-4), which began the season 2-4. For Staples (7-2), the loss snapped its six-game winning streak. It happened in uncharacteristic fashion with the Wreckers committing five errors after having committed just one all season. “That’s baseball," Staples coach Jack McFarland said. "I don’t know what the story was today. Our pitchers pitched great and gave up, like, one or two earned runs. At least it was a close game.” Of the five runs given up by Staples, only two were earned. Westhill broke the 4-4 tie in the bottom of the sixth on a sacrifice fly to right field by Kieran Hackett, scoring Jake Safir. Junior Niko Christon came on in relief of Kipp. He threw two innings, struck out four and earned the win. "It wasn’t our best on defense," Westhill coach Mike Riveles said. "But we got a lot of two-strike hits and pitchers didn’t let the errors get to them and made big pitches when they needed to." Both teams scored in the first inning. Westhill got one run in every inning except the fifth while Staples got two in third and one in the fifth. PLAYER OF THE GAME Kyle Kipp, Westhill: Kipp kept the Vikings in the game and only walked two batters against his 10 strikeouts. QUOTABLE “Kyle is, sadly, getting used to not getting the best defense when he pitches. We expect him to strikeout everyone and maybe sometimes we fall asleep and you are not ready when the ball gets to you. A lot of pitchers would have lost it there and Kyle just tucks it away and does his job and throws strikes.” — Westhill coach Mike Riveles Westhill 5, Staples 4 STAPLES 102 010 0—4 3 5 WESTHILL 111 101 X—5 6 5 Batteries: S—Chris Zajac, Andrew Oppenheimer (3), Kai Nee (L, 5) and Max Jossen. W—Kyle Kipp, Niko Christon (W, 6) and Lance Alswanger-Busch https://www.ctinsider.com/gametimect/baseball/article/westhill-baseball-beats-no-4-staples-fciac-17915550.php